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 vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 437 Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram j canvas, 23^ inches by 31 inches. In the collection of Count Brllhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1028. 598. A HAWKING PARTY. Sm. Suppl. 49. On the right, at the foot of a tree, are a man with a spear and three persons on horse- back a lady on a chestnut, a man in yellow with hawk on wrist on a piebald, and a huntsman on a grey horse. They watch the flight of a hawk pursuing a heron. Near them are two dogs. To the left is a hilly landscape ; in the middle of it a man on a grey horse with a little boy and a dog is galloping. A fine morning. "A clear and well- finished picture " (Sm.). A work of slight importance. [Pendant to 1041. Possibly identical with 611 ?] Signed in the left centre at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 9 inches by n| inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Palace of Tsarskoe Selo, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .160). In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1030. 599. A HAWKING PARTY. Sm. Suppl. 178. A lady in blue on a piebald horse follows at a gallop the flight of her hawk. Near her are two mounted huntsmen, one of whom blows a trumpet, and another lady. Two dogs follow her ; a dwarf holds a third in leash. Farther right a cavalier on a grey horse tempts the hawk with a bait. Beside him runs a huntsman with hawk on wrist ; behind him gallops a lady on a chestnut horse. In the background is a hilly landscape. "This picture has become a little too dark and foxy in tone ; it is otherwise admirably painted " (Sm.). [Pendant to 869.] This picture and its pendant were formerly ascribed to Pieter Wouwerman, in spite of the genuine monogram of Philips, to whom Bode first restored it. It is an example of the mature, and not, as the catalogue states, of the late, period. The figures are well drawn but have been repainted in part. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, i6 inches by 14 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1046 (Sm. valued it in 1 842 at ^200). 600. A HAWKING PARTY. Sm. 467. An open landscape with distant hills. In the right foreground are three cavaliers. One holds the bridle of a fine grey horse with a red saddle, and caresses a dog which jumps up at him. Another, mounted on a bay horse, blows a horn. The third, on foot, holds a dog in leash. A falconer with a perch of hawks sits in the centre foreground. To the left of him cava- liers and ladies on horseback follow at a gallop the flight of their hawks. A very fine picture. " This little bijou is no less excellent for its clear- ness and purity of colour than for its elaborate finishing " (Sm.). It has